Toy horn.



No. 888,311. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

A. D. CONVERSE.

TOY HORN.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29,1907.

WITNESSES INVENTO}? ATTORNEYS rm: NORRIS PETERS ca, WASHINGTON, a c,

ATHERTON DARLING CONVERSE, OF WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY HORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1907.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 404,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ATHERTON D. CON- VERSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Winchendon, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Horns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to an improvement in the construction of toy horns, particularly that class of horns known as fish horns, and the purpose of the invention is to provide a means whereby they may be more expeditiously, durably, and attractively manufactured than heretofore, and whereby the reeds are rendered so secure as to remain in position even under conditions of severe usage.

It is also a purpose of the invention to provide a construction of horn wherein the use of solder is entirely dispensed with.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved horn; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the horn looking in the direction of the seam; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the completed horn taken practically on the line 33 of Fig. 2 Fig. 4 IS an outer face view of a portion of the clenching strip for the body of the horn and the reed applied to the strip, the view being taken upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 5 is a vertical section through that portion of the clenching strip shown in Fig. 4, and an edge view of the reed; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the horn, the clenching strip being loosely mounted u on the lips of the body.

Ordinariiy fish horns have been manufactured in a crude way. The bodies have been cut out With slip shears and square shears, formed'around a wooden plug, and then the edges of the body have been soldered together and the bell and reeds have been soldered on also. This rocess is expensive and the product is cru e. The solder at the mouth-piece is productive of a disagreeable odor and taste when the horn is blown, and the corroding of the solder in many instances causes the reed to drop off. Further, when solder is used in the manufacture of horns it is also impossible to decorate the horns by machinery before they are made up, and under such conditions the decoration is indifferently performed by hand.

It is the object of my invention to provide a construction of fish horn whereby the sheets from which the horns are made can be lithographed before they are shaped, and whereby also all solder is dispensed with and the finished article is rendered much more durable and efficient than heretofore.

The body A of the horn is given the usual tapering shape and is constructed from a piece of sheet tin, for example, and when the body A of the horn is formed, at the meeting portions of the said body inwardly-extending, diverging longitudinal lips 10 are likewise produced by carrying the longitudinal edge inward, as is illustrated in Fig. 6. The upper or contracted end 11, of the horn is given the customary taper to expose the tongue 12, which maybe of a conventional type, and this tongue 12 is provided with a shank 13, that extends downward from the central ortion of its lower edge, as is illustrated in igs. 4 and 5.

In connection with the body A, I employ what may be termed a clenching strip B, that is adapted to draw the edges of the body together and to hold them in such position. This clenching strip B extends practicallythe length of the body from the lower portion of its bevel face 11 to its lower edge, and the said clenching strip B, which is also by preference made of tin or a corresponding material, is provided with a flat inner face 14, and side wings 15 that extend inwardly in direction of each other, as is also shown best in Fig. 6, therefore incross section the opening in the clenching strip is practically of dovetailed shape, and this strip is adapted to be slid over the lips 10, as is also shown in Fig. 6. At the upper end portion of the clenching strip an aperture 16 is made in the fiat member 14, and the shank 13 of the reed 12 is introduced into the said clenching strip between its members at its upper end, as 1s shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the lower end of the shank 13 is then passed out through the opening 16 in the aforesaid fiat member 14 of the stri and is bent upward to an engagement with t 1e inner face of the said member 14, as is particularly shown in Fig. 5. Thus the free end of the shank of the reed is converted into a tongue 17.

- After the reed has been placed in the clenching strip B in the manner described, the said strip is then slid over the lips 10.

After the clenching strip is in position, tlfi strip is pressed outward or is rendered as flat as possible by any approved means, and in flattening the clenching strip the tongue 17 of the shank of the reed 12 is likewise flattened, firmly holding the reed in position, and the lips 10 are also flattened out, causing a firm binding engagement between the clenching strip and the lips, bringing the opposing edges of the body close together, and the said clenching strip at such time firmly holds the said edges in said position. In this construction it will be observed no solder is employed, and that the body A of the horn may e decorated as fancy may dictate prior to the body being formed.

The bell O of the horn is of the conventional type, and is provided with the usual opening 18 at its upper central portion, but a de ressed channel 19 is formed at the marginai portion of this opening, and the outer wall 20 of this channel is adapted to be pressed against the inner face of the lower end of the body A, after the said lower end of the body has been introduced into the aforesaid channel 19.

The Wings 15 are practically flanges, and may be so called. Thus it will be observed that a horn of the character described is con structed in its entirety without the use of solder, and the various parts can be manufactured separately and expeditiously, and conveniently grouped together, rendering a horn much more ornamental than heretofore,

much more strong, and at the same time rendering the cost of manufacture much less.

Having thus described my lnvention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In toy horns, a body section provided with interior diverging lips at its meetin surfaces, a clenching strip that receives said lips, and a reed held in position by said clenching strip.

2. In toy horns, a body section provided with longitudinal, diverging li s at its meeting surfaces, a compressible c enching strip that receives said lips, and a reed having a member that enters the said strip and is in interlocking engagement therewith.

3. In toy horns, a tubular body a clenching strip for the said body, and a reed having a member that enters said strip and is locked thereto.

4. In toy horns, the combination of the body, a clenching strip for the body, and a reed, the reed and clenching strip having an interlocking engagement.

5. In toy horns, the combination with the body of the horn, and a clenching strip for the body, having an opening therein of a reed haying a shank engaging the opening of said strip.

6. In toy horns, a tubular body a compressible clenching strip for the body consisting of a body member provided with an opening adjacent to one end and side wings or flanges, and a reed having a shank that enters said clenching strip, which shank engages with one face of the body member and is passed out through said opening to an engagement with the opposite face of said body member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ATIIER'ION DARLING CONVERSE.

IVitnesses:

FRED O. HANsooM, ALBERT E. BROWN. 

